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Computer Programming Error

It’s not just Moody’s. This is about Britain’s Office for National Statistics (ONS), A GOVERNMENT OUTFIT THAT CAN’T TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A WEEK AND A MONTH. The result is an underestimate of pensioners’ private pensions by 52/12=4.33 The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said it underestimated the amount of money that pensioners receive from private pension schemes. In April, the latest chapter of its publication Pension Trends said pensioner couples received on average £2,115 read

After Debian's Epic SSL Blunder, A World of Hurt for Security Pros

The Register: "It's been more than a week since Debian patched a massive security hole in the library the operating system uses to create cryptographic keys for securing email, websites and administrative servers..." read

Outlook Not Desirable

I hate mailing lists. I hate MS Outlook. Our Outlook address book is automatically filled up with all the personal email addresses and all the mailing lists of the entire company's global network. That's right. That's literally thousands of email addresses in your address book. It would be nice if you could search for things. You can... but that only works if you know what you are looking for. Cryptic code names are the norm in this company. Mailing lists typically look like "# NG XD DS MO" or read

Tories as competent as New Labour

The Tory Party is fighting a by-election in Crewe and Nantwich and showed yesterday that it is ready for power by engaging in computer incompetence that is normally seen as the preserve of our Labour overlords. A local Tory official accidentally sent several Excel spreadsheets containing details on thousands of voters to radio station Manx Radio, a local newspaper and another media outlet. The information included names, addresses and voting intentions for 8,000 people. A spokesman for the Tory read

Are users lost in a sea of ad networks?

May 22, 2008 issue Forward this newsletter | Subscribe | View online Are users lost in a sea of ad networks? By Michael Estrin Haunted by a Netflix ad that wouldn't go away, we asked an easy question that led to some complicated answers for the future of online advertising. Measuring engagement is not the same for all By Tom Hespos When it comes to defining certain online measures, we need a consensus. But when it comes to defining engagement read